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The True Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
Document Deep Dive: What Was on the First SAT?
Explore the exam that has been stressing out college-bound high school students since 1926
The Worst Parade to Ever Hit the Streets of Boston
On the eve of the Revolutionary War, loyalist John Malcom was tarred, feathered and dragged through the streets, just for arguing with a young boy
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In archaeology and medicine
May 2011
| By Carey Winfrey
Take a look back at how Americans have remembered the civil war during significant anniversaries of the past
April 11, 2011
| By John Hanc
Hundreds of women concealed their identities so they could battle alongside their Union and Confederate counterparts
April 08, 2011
| By Jess Righthand
It took the killing of their first officer to jolt the North into wholeheartedly supporting the Union cause
March 31, 2011
| By Adam Goodheart
Visitors to the South Carolina city can still see signs of the pre-Civil War structures that were devastated by Union bombardment and a blazing fire devastated
March 23, 2011
| By Ray Gordon and Molly Roberts
Nearly a century of discord between North and South finally exploded in April 1861 with the bombardment of Fort Sumter
April 2011
| By Fergus M. Bordewich
The first Union officer killed in the Civil War was a friend of President Lincoln's
April 2011
| By Owen Edwards
These editorial voices rose above the America clamor with words we will never forget
March 16, 2011
| By T.A. Frail
The museum collections house many items from the Civil War, including photographs, uniforms and personal diaries
March 04, 2011
| By Smithsonian.com
Twenty-five years ago, President Reagan minced no words when he talked about the Libyan dictator
March 02, 2011
| By T.A. Frail
John Ross and Major Ridge tried diplomatic and legal strategies to maintain autonomy, but the new president had other plans
March 2011
| By Brian Hicks
Newsrooms may look different today, but their need for speed never wavers
March 2011
| By Michael Shapiro
In Tahiti and Botswana
March 2011
| By Carey Winfrey
Vanderbilt professor Daniel Sharfstein discusses the history of the imprecise definition of race in America
February 18, 2011
| By T.A. Frail
The famous historian's eyewitness accounts of the Navy during World War II—now being reissued—won't be surpassed
February 2011
| By James D. Hornfischer
Seeing everyday experience in a new light
February 2011
| By Terence Monmaney
Even Honest Abe needed a symbol to sum up his humble origins
February 2011
| By Owen Edwards
The forward pass was once ridiculed by college football’s powerhouse teams only to be proved wrong by Pop Warner and his Indians
December 28, 2010
| By Jim Morrison
And when to curtail them
January 2011
| By Carey Winfrey
For the past 50 years, the commander in chief has steadily expanded presidential power, particularly in foreign policy
January 2011
| By Robert Dallek
The presidential historian reflects on the expansion of power in the Oval Office from Kennedy to Obama
January 20, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
A bizarre encounter between the president and the king of rock and roll
December 2010
| By Peter Carlson
In his journey from surveyor to soldier to leader, our first president used cartography to get a feel for the young nation
November 16, 2010
| By John Hanc
Impossible dreams and heavenly causes
December 2010
| By Carey Winfrey
Historian Adam Goodheart discusses the tumultuous period between Lincoln’s election and the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
November 15, 2010
| By Brian Wolly
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